*Back when Precolumbian Incan Peru had thirst-trap Midjourney girls strolling the stone streets in bikinis. #pseudohistory #pastiche #slop #LLM #animated #weird #vaguelyfunny #YouTube #erudite #archaeologistnightmare youtu.be/HPRpx6qJaZg?...

AI reimagines how the Incas li...
AI reimagines how the Incas lived in Ancient Peru

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Who Needs #Empathy? Why Some White Nationalists Condemn Western Civilization

The answer should remind us that men like #Musk don’t base their political positions on the ancient world any more than they do on smart economic policy: they create an ancient world that conforms to their political positions. …"

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#whitenationalism #westerncivilization #history #classics #pseudohistory
https://pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/04/25/elon-musk-joe-rogan-empathy-western-civilization/

Who Needs Empathy? Why Some White Nationalists Condemn Western Civilization

This post is part of a series on Elon Musk’s interest in Greco-Roman antiquity. Read part one: “When the Richest Man in the World Loves Classics.” A few weeks ago, Elon Musk took a break from dismantling social security, violating the privacy of millions of Americans, firing veterans, and increasing, not decreasing, the cost of […]

Pete Hegseth and What Christian Nationalism Looks Like

Pseudo-history, guns inscribed Trump’s face, and an “insurgency” in education.

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Linguistic #pseudohistory

Addressing the Unsupported Speculation theory of Turkish as the root of Indo-European languages, especially the relation of R1b

https://www.academia.edu/122325800/Addressing_the_Unsupported_Speculation_theory_of_Turkish_as_the_root_of_Indo_European_languages_especially_the_relation_of_R1b

Addressing the Unsupported Speculation theory of Turkish as the root of Indo-European languages, especially the relation of R1b

1. Proto-Transeurasian/Altaic languages 2. Proto-Tungusic-Mongolo 3. Proto-Koreanic-Japano 4. Proto-Tungusic 5. Proto-Turkic 6. Proto-Mongolic 7. Proto-Koreanic 8. Proto-Japonic The New Book: Turkish as the Founding Language of “Indo-European” The

@paninid Examples such as yours are ones that I believe are productive and useful. Comparative history is important and insightful, when done right (which is why warnings from the Founders are so important). I've been seeing a lot more *248 years is really close to 250* #discourse which is based on Glubb's #pseudohistory which distracts from the rich comparisons of #Catiline and #Caesar

I’ve noticed over the years that some experts kind of get off on quashing misconceptions about the past in a way that disappoints the person they’re talking to. I suspect that this is a contributing factor to the popularity of #pseudohistory.

I have had more success with the “the truth is even stranger!” approach.

#history #archaeology #pedagogy